Longfellow Estate Property Boundaries from 1843

Historic outlines of boundaries for the Longfellow property in 1843, following the marriage of Henry and Fanny Longfellow and the purchase and transfer of property to the couple by Nathan Appleton. The estate was divided into two parcels for separate purchases and includes the outline of Longfellow House. The dataset is sourced from a Cultural Landscape Report by the National Park Service.

Use Cases

• Analyze historic property subdivision patterns based on the estate being divided into two parcels.
• Map the spatial footprint of a historic landmark based on the outline of Longfellow House.
• Study land ownership transfers in the 19th century based on the purchase and transfer of property by Nathan Appleton.

Strengths

• Dataset is directly referenced to a specific authoritative source: Catherine Evans, Cultural Landscape Report for Longfellow National Historic Site.
• Provides a specific temporal snapshot of property boundaries from 1843.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single historic property plan.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior

Time Range

1843

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-04 01:22:42.071161; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Longfellow property location